The soaring fire dyed the night sky red! The billowing smoke makes people feel horrified when they see it from a distance! The direction of the explosion was exactly in the center of Akiyoshi Palace!
"Damn it!" Chen Xiao seemed to be shocked by the sudden scene in front of him, and subconsciously let out a low cry. Then he glanced at Zhang Xiaotao next to him naturally. Zhang Xiaotao also had a look of shock on his face. Her pretty face was full of fear, she covered her mouth with one hand and stared into the distance with her eyes wide.
"Yes, it's Qiuji Palace." Chen Xiao suddenly calmed down and whispered.
Zhang Xiaotao's eyes were a little confused, but as a smart girl, she suddenly saw something in Chen Xiao's eyes that made her uneasy...
"It's Qiuji Palace." Chen Xiao's voice became firm and he said in a deep voice: "It's Qiuji Palace that something happened!"
"You..." Zhang Xiaotao's voice was trembling, but Chen Xiao had already pulled her to the roadside quickly, found the largest and strongest tree, held Zhang Xiaotao's slender waist with both hands, and said softly: "Just wait for me under this tree. Don't move around. I'll go take a look and I'll come back to you soon."
With that said, he turned to leave, but Zhang Xiaotao grabbed him. Zhang Xiaotao's eyes were full of fear: "Don't! Don't go..."
Chen Xiao took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "I have to go."
Behind him, another violent explosion sounded, the fire spread rapidly, and countless sharp shouts were heard in the distance.
"But...but we all left." Zhang Xiaotao's eyes turned red and she almost cried.
Chen Xiao nodded. It was right to leave. He also made up his mind that he was too lazy to imprison the prince. As for the white glove commission... It's already been a month, so I don't think I've breached the contract.
However, at this moment Chen Xiao gave an answer that he must go back.
"Tang Ying."
When Chen Xiao said these two words, his eyes were firm. When Zhang Xiaotao heard this, he subconsciously let go of his hand.
Yes, Tang Ying.
Tang Ying, who was in trouble on the island together, and Tang Ying, who once saved Chen Xiao's life! If it weren't for the small bottle of cell repair fluid that Tang Ying brought that held Chen Xiao's last breath, Chen Xiao would have gone to see the King of Hell long ago.
"Don't worry, maybe it's okay. Maybe it's just a line explosion. I'll go back and see if there's anything I can do to help. If nothing happens, I'll come back as soon as possible." Chen Xiao said quickly, pretending to be relaxed, and hugged Zhang gently. Xiaotao left her under the tree.
"Wait a minute!" Zhang Xiaotao suddenly gritted her teeth. She quickly reached into her arms and took out a small sachet with a red thread tied on it. She rushed to Chen Xiao's side, She quickly put the sachet around Chen Xiao's neck. She looked obviously uneasy, but she forced a smile: "I know you are not an ordinary man. What you want to do, I will not let myself become you." It's a burden, but you have to be careful. And... remember, there is a woman waiting for you here!"
She quickly kissed Chen Xiao on the lips: "I made this sachet in the past few days. It's not ready yet. I wanted to give it to you when it was ready..."
Chen Xiao squeezed the sachet, it was very soft, and nodded solemnly: "Stay here, don't wander around, I will come back to you soon!"
After saying that, he turned around and suddenly jumped out like a roc. He jumped forward easily for more than ten meters. After landing on the ground, he bounced up again and quickly disappeared. into the night.
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Most of the Autumn Palace has been turned into a sea of fire! Chen Xiaocai rushed to the door of Qiuji Palace's official residence and saw blazing flames bursting out from the door. The surrounding area was filled with people boiling, screaming, exclamations, and screams.
Most of the buildings in Akiyoshi Palace are simple brick and wood structures. Once a fire is ignited, it will spread very quickly! Chen Xiaocai rushed to the door and saw several figures staggering out of the firelight at the door. They were all attendants and guards from the Qiuji Palace. These people were in ragged clothes, with burn marks on their bodies. They were gray-headed and looked miserable. panic. Chen Xiao strode over, grabbed a person, and shouted loudly: "What's going on?"
The person he caught was stunned for a moment, and then shouted a few words. Chen Xiao finally realized that he didn't speak Japanese, so there was no point in asking, so he simply rushed through the door.
As soon as I walked in, I immediately felt a heat wave sweeping over me. Looking around, I saw fire on all sides. The two bamboo groves in the yard turned out to be areas where the fire spread. Large tracts of bamboo groves burned, and the flames spread quickly. So weird!
The loud explosion woke Chen Xiao up. He immediately looked for the reputation and saw a huge fireball flying over from the left, as if falling from the sky, and landed in the center of Qiuyoshi Palace. It exploded with fire! !
Someone is attacking!
Chen Xiao was immediately sure of one thing. The corridor leading to Qiuji Palace had collapsed due to the fire. He simply jumped up and jumped directly from the burning house. When he landed, he felt A group of roaring flames fell down on one side. When I looked up, I saw that a beam collapsed with the flames. Chen Xiao quickly struck it with a palm, and a fierce telekinesis immediately split the beam into two. His body took the opportunity to rush through the middle, but the sparks landed on him after all. After he landed on the ground, he rolled on the spot and slapped his head and body several times quickly.
There are more people in the courtyard of the inner hall. Fortunately, there is an artificial pond in the courtyard of the inner hall. At this moment, there are about a dozen Akiyoshi Palace attendants, carrying wooden buckets and struggling to fill the pond with water. Trying to put out the fire.
Half of the lobby that Chen Xiao had seen during the day had collapsed, and the remaining half was constantly creaking and groaning amid the raging fire. People were noisy around it, and new fires seemed to be coming out all the time. come out. Obviously, these people carrying barrels couldn't control the fire!
"Stop, everyone, stop!" Chen Xiao went up and grabbed a servant carrying a bucket, and shouted: "Get out quickly! The door is blocked! Don't you all want to live?"
But after shouting for a few times, Chen Xiao's most annoying problem came - no matter what he shouted, the servants in Qiuji Palace could not understand Chinese. Some people even tried to push Chen Xiao when they saw Chen Xiao coming to stop the fire fighting. There was a lot of pushing and shoving. Naturally, Chen Xiao would not argue with these people who were still unclear about the situation. He quickly pushed away the few people in front of him and continued to rush in. He ran to a corner of the yard, grabbed a rockery, lifted the rockery that was taller than himself, and smashed it against the burning lobby.
With a bang, the lobby was directly smashed by huge rocks. The beams fell and the building collapsed, immediately suppressing the fire below. Chen Xiao knew that this was only temporary. The house was originally made of bricks and wood, and the fire below would soon come back.
The attendants around him looked at Chen Xiao with horrified eyes - is this guy still a human? ! Such a big rockery! He lifted it up and threw it out!
"Listen to me!" Chen Xiao did not speak in Chinese, but switched to English. Fortunately, many of those who can serve as royal waiters in the Akiyoshi Palace are highly trained, and many of them can understand English.
"The fire has surrounded this place! If you don't want to die, run out of the back door! The front door has been blocked by the fire! If you stay here, you will all be burned to death soon!"
Chen Xiao yelled a few times with all his strength. These attendants all looked at Chen Xiao in surprise. Many people saw Chen Xiao destroying the fire-fighting, and some people didn't believe it. But at this moment, two people with burning sparks on their bodies staggered outside. He staggered in and rushed in. One of them's hair was burning. After he rushed in, someone quickly poured a bucket of water on him. The man screamed a few times and had many burns on his body, but he finally screamed. Roaring: "Outside! Outside, fire! The corridor is blocked!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was really scared. Now there was no need for Chen Xiao to direct them. The servants swarmed into the yard behind. Things like buckets and brooms were scattered all over the floor.
There was a door in the backyard that led directly to the outside. These servants ran so fast that Chen Xiao didn't even have time to catch one of them and ask the prince and the wife where they were before everyone ran out in a swarm.
Chen Xiao gritted his teeth, picked up a bucket of water and doused himself thoroughly. Then he picked up a quilt from the ground. It must have been left by those who put out the fire. It was also soaked in the water and draped over his body. He glanced around and vaguely remembered that Tang Ying and the others seemed to live on the right side of the house during the day...
Chen Xiao looked to the right. Most of the house had collapsed, and the passage was like a fire door, with flames constantly rushing out. This sea of fire has connected, and it is only a hundred or ten meters away. He gritted his teeth and rushed in.
People rushed into the fire scene, and Chen Xiao suddenly felt his breath suffocated. The thick smoke made him almost lose his breath. He immediately woke up and remembered common sense: many people who died in the fire were not burned by the fire. He died because the smoke caused by the fire choked his lungs and suffocated to death! Thinking of this, Chen Xiao held his breath, determined the direction, and rushed to the right.
He was extremely strong, and he was covered with a soaked quilt. He was like a humanoid tank and smashed through several walls of fire. Although he staggered, he was stumbled by the ruins on the ground, and Zhongtu was almost killed The ceiling collapsed from overhead. After finally running for a hundred steps, he rushed out of the sea of building fire!
This is the real inner courtyard of Akiyoshi Palace and the place where the inner prince lives. It is located on the south side of the hillside closest to Akiyoshi Palace.
As soon as he rushed into the courtyard, Chen Xiao felt reassured. The yard seems to have not been invaded by fire.
Moreover, this inner courtyard is on the edge of Akiyoshi Palace. After leaving this courtyard and over the wall, you will reach the hillside. There is no need to worry about being surrounded by the spread of fire.
It was just that Chen Xiao bumped in and saw that the fire did not spread to the yard, and there was no fire in the yard. However, Chen Xiao bumped in and suddenly staggered, and the soles of his feet went soft, as if he had stepped on something.
He stepped aside and threw away the quilt that had been dried by the fire. When he looked down, he saw that his shoes were covered in blood!
Ever since he changed into a Tang suit, he was also wearing a pair of Chinese-style cloth shoes that he bought in Chinatown. At this moment, the cloth shoes were covered with scarlet bloodstains, and Chen Xiao couldn't help but be stunned.
The sea of fire behind was fierce, but there was not even a lamp on the other side of the yard, and it only seemed to flicker in the reflection of the fire. Chen Xiao looked back and suddenly became wary!
What he just stepped on was a corpse! !
The corpse was dressed in a blue-gray servant's attire, and there was a wooden barrel thrown on the ground next to it, as if it was about to carry water to put out the fire. There is also a small pool in the yard, but the water is living water, a spring drawn from the mountain.
Chen Xiao approached the corpse and took a look, and his expression suddenly changed!
This was a female corpse. What made Chen Xiao change her face was that she was not burned to death at all! There was no trace of burning on the body, but it seemed as if it had been chopped with some sharp weapon. From the left shoulder down, the entire upper body was almost split open! The death was horrific and miserable, with blood flowing all over the floor! No wonder my cloth shoes were stained red when I stepped on them just now.
Dead people, but not burned by fire!
Chen Xiao once again confirmed his guess!
It seems that someone is coming for Akiyoshi Palace!
At this moment, the inner courtyard was silent and deserted, surrounded by the sound of crackling fires. Chen Xiao felt anxious and rushed to the door of the house inside, shouting several times: "Miss Sato! Takeuchi Yako !Tang Ying! Tang Ying! Tang Ying, where are you!!"
He shouted very loudly, but there was no reply at all!
Chen Xiao saw at a glance that the curtain in the courtyard had fallen to the ground. When he walked up the steps, he found that the curtain had been cut! He was wary, clenched his fists, and walked cautiously into the door. As soon as he walked in, he smelled a strong smell of blood!
Chen Xiao's heart sank, he turned around, raised his hand, and with a thought, he drew a burning fire stick from the fire in the distance, held it in his hand as a torch, and waved it around the room .
At this moment, Chen Xiao couldn't help but take a deep breath! !
dead!
This house is full of dead people! !
The residence of the inner prince is very large. There are several rooms inside and outside, with an area of at least several hundred square meters. When entering the main room, there are more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground. Judging from the attire, they are all dressed as warriors. They must be responsible for protection. The guards of Akiyoshi Palace died miserably, as if they had gone through a brutal battle, and not a single body on the ground was intact! Broken arms and branches fell to the ground!
Some even had their heads cut off!
Chen Xiao quickly rushed inside through a pool of blood, and saw a separate courtyard inside. Two corpses were hanging on the steps. Looking at the direction in which the corpses fell, their heads were facing outside. They must have been the attendants of Qiuyoshi Palace. He fought and retreated, and was killed on the steps. There were two samurai swords on the ground, one of which had been twisted into a twist.
Chen Xiao dropped the fire stick in his hand, picked up another samurai sword that was still intact, and held it in his hand.
At this time, suddenly there was a slight noise from the corner of the atrium. Chen Xiao turned around and saw a familiar figure lying in the corner of the atrium, leaning against the wall. The wall behind was full of cracks. The figure was almost half sunken into the wall, with her hair disheveled, covering her face. Her body was kneeling on the ground, with a small sword stuck in the ground next to her hand. Looking at her posture, she seemed to be trying to stand up with the support of the sword, but failed.
This person is none other than Takeuchi Yako!
Although Chen Xiao had no business with this woman, he didn't care so much at the moment. He quickly ran over and picked her up.
Takeuchi Yazi's face was covered with blood. He was lifted up by Chen Xiao. Blood was still flowing from his mouth. His breathing was disordered and weak, and his eyes were blurred.
"What's going on! Takeuchi Yazi! Hey! Widow face!" Chen Xiao shook her twice and felt that Takeuchi Yazi was seriously injured. I'm afraid I don't know how many bones are broken.
Finally, Takeuchi Yako opened her eyes, managed to gather some energy, and saw clearly that the person in front of her was Chen Xiao. She suddenly seemed to show a trace of energy. Her arm bones were broken. She managed to raise her hand and pointed behind her. …
"Shang... Shangshan... Your Highness... they, hijacked... Shangshan..."
After saying just a few words, she coughed violently and coughed up a large mouthful of blood. Chen Xiao quickly put her down: "Where is Tang Ying? Where is Tang Ying!!"
"Miki...chasing...up the mountain..."
When Chen Xiao heard the news about Tang Ying, he was at least sure that Tang Ying was not dead. He felt slightly relieved and looked at Takeuchi Yazi in front of him.
From the location of Takeuchi Yazi's injury, Chen Xiao could probably tell that she seemed to have been forcibly knocked out and her body hit the wall! I just don’t know who has such great strength to knock Takeuchi’s teeth away, and actually hit this hard stone wall to pieces! It is conceivable that Takeuchi Yako's flesh and blood body smashed the wall. Her body withstood a lot of force. Judging from her appearance, in addition to many broken bones, she was probably also injured in her internal organs.
"Go quickly! Chase! Save His Highness! Go..." Takeuchi Yazi suddenly vomited blood and hissed. Looking at this woman, Chen Xiao sighed in his heart - although this woman was hateful, she was really loyal to Sato. She could hardly save her life, but she still wanted to save her master.
Chen Xiao immediately stood up, raised his foot, and kicked down the wall next to Takeuchi Yazi. He said loudly to Takeuchi Yazi: "You won't die for the time being. Someone will be here soon. You hold on, I will go up the mountain to chase you!"
After saying that, Chen Xiao picked up the knife and ran over the wall, running towards the hillside.
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This hillside may not seem high, but in fact it is only a hundred or ten meters above sea level. It is not that easy to climb up. The hillside is covered with dense vegetation and forests. Chen Xiao rushes up the hillside, and people are rushing through the woods quickly. He had exerted all his strength, running fast with his feet, glaring at the ground with every step, and leaping forward several meters. He was just running wildly in this dense forest, but he still had to worry about the branches of the trees blocking his way, which made his speed worse. Can't get up soon.
After running for two minutes, Chen Xiao suddenly heard a sharp shout coming from the hillside in the distance. The shout was vigorous and powerful, as if it was the voice of the old guy Takeuchi Fumzan.
Hearing Takeuchi Fumzan's voice, Chen Xiao felt a little more reassured. Japan's number one kendo master was quite powerful. Since he was chasing after him and was still in front of him, he must have dragged the opponent down. Living.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao quickened his pace again, but after running a few steps, he suddenly heard a roar, and a fireball beside him suddenly shot towards him from the woods!
Chen Xiaoren was in mid-air. He could no longer twist his waist to dodge. He could only move in an instant. His body teleported sideways a few meters away. He saw a ball of fire behind him hitting a big tree, which immediately smashed the tree into pieces. Two pieces! !
What a strong fire control ability!
Chen Xiao was shocked!
No wonder the fire in Akiyoshi Palace spread so violently down below! It turns out there is such a master who is good at fire control! This master of fire control is simply a born powerful arsonist.
Chen Xiao was attacked by someone, and he immediately looked in the direction of the fireball. If he looked carefully, he saw a vague figure flashing past in the woods, and quickly disappeared into the dense forest.
Chen Xiao hesitated for a moment and did not chase after him. Then he heard a sharp shout from Takeuchi Fumzan from the top of the mountain. After weighing it in his mind, he finally gave up chasing the guy who sneaked up on him and decided to go up the mountain to meet Takeuchi Fumzan first.
After running up the mountain for a while, it finally dawned on me. This was a large natural platform halfway up the mountain. Originally there was a pavilion on this platform, but when Chen Xiao ran up, the pavilion had collapsed, as if It was as if it had been blown by a hurricane. Several pillars were broken and fell down, and it had become a ruin!
And just in the open space next to the pavilion, I saw Takeuchi Fumzan holding a samurai sword and fighting fiercely with his opponent!
Takeuchi Fumzan's plain white robe was now stained with dust and there were many traces of fire. His beard and hair were also basically burnt. It was obvious that he had been rushed out of the fire. Takeuchi Fumzan has a powerful aura, and the blade in his hand seems to have a solid edge! Looking at it at night, it seemed as if he was holding not a sword, but a torch! Obviously, he has brought all his sword skills to the extreme!
And Takeuchi Fumzan's opponent surprised Chen Xiao even more!
Because the opponent Takeuchi Fumzan was fighting was not a "human"!
In front of Takeuchi Fumzan was a two-meter-tall metal doll!
The whole body of the doll is made of unknown metal. The golden body is engraved with armor patterns. The joints of the arms are clicking, but they are extremely flexible, just like a human being, and can twist freely! This metal doll is in the shape of an ancient Japanese samurai, but the weapon in his hand is a giant broad sword, just like the horse-killing sword used by ancient Chinese warriors. It is broad and heavy, but at this height of more than two meters The metal doll's hand was flying back and forth, causing strong winds!
The metal doll was also shrouded in a strange light, as if it were naturally emitting light when a lamp was lit.
The katana in Old Takeuchi's hand had collided with the giant sword in the hand of the metal doll several times. However, every time they collided, Old Takeuchi gave a sharp shout but had to step back. His body is much lighter than this doll, his feet are light, he attacks continuously around the doll, and the knife in his hand falls on the doll's body quickly.
But all they heard was tinkling, clanking, and a series of sparks bursting out. Not to mention being injured, Old Takeuchi couldn't even scrape off any metal shavings from the puppet!
Chen Xiaogang jumped onto the platform, and happened to see Old Takeuchi taking a few steps back. The old guy suddenly held a knife in both hands, and then roared at the metal doll in front of him wielding a giant sword, and the samurai sword in his hand was fierce. Crack it down! Above the blade, a dazzling light burst out instantly, and then dozens of sword energy suddenly burst out, sweeping away like a storm!
Chen Xiao immediately recognized that this was the Shangchen family's killer move: True Nine Dragon Flash!
Old Takeuchi used this move, and its power was truly terrifying!
I saw dozens of sword energy rushing past like a group of swimming dragons, violently hitting the doll, and immediately heard countless sharp sounds, as if metals were colliding and scratching against each other. The doll was hit by so many The sword energy hit him head-on, and he finally staggered back a few steps and then flew out.
Then the sword energy spread out in all directions, and the surrounding trees that were a little further apart were immediately torn to pieces by the swords! Those thick trees were easily broken into several pieces by the sword energy! !
When Lao Zhuuchi launched this unique move, his momentum was much weaker. He took half a step back and received his breath back.
But a click was heard immediately, and the puppet that was blown away by the sword energy quickly stood up again with a click. There were dozens of shallow scratches on the metal body, but there seemed to be no scratches. What actual harm.
The puppet twisted its joints, then still holding the giant sword, strode towards Lao Zhuuchi!
Old Takeuchi looked a little ugly. He took a deep breath and was about to draw the knife when he heard a voice next to him shouting: "Get out of the way! I'll do it!"
When this voice came, Lao Zhuuchi suddenly became happy. Then he saw Chen Xiao rushing over from behind, holding a tree trunk in his hand. The trunk was about as thick as a person's waist and several meters long. Chen Xiao hugged him He raised his head and slammed into the doll!
boom! !
Chen Xiao was so strong that the puppet flew out immediately after the collision!
But at the same time, Chen Xiao also felt his arm suddenly shake, and the opponent's strength came back, and it was not small!
The doll flew back about ten meters, smashed two big trees with its body, and fell to the ground. It only twisted its body and stood up again!
Chen Xiao saw this and was stunned for a moment: "Damn it! What is this, so durable?!"
He knew very well how strong he was. The blow just now had a force of at least ten tons!
Old Takeuchi looked sternly, staring at the doll that was striding over.
"Be careful Chen Xiao! This is not an ordinary thing, this is a 'Shikigami'!!"